Government Documents

Housed in the Thurgood Marshall School of Law building, the Law Library was designated a United States Federal Depository on October 5, 1982. The initial depository was expanded to full departmental status in 1995 when the government documents and microforms collections were merged, hereinafter the Government Documents/Microforms Department (GDMD). The GDMD office is located in the Law Library Basement (Room B30) and is charged with the mission to:

1. Support the informational, instructional, and research needs of the faculty, students and staff of Thurgood Marshall School of Law and Texas Southern University.
2. Provide reference service and free access to Federal government information to the University community and the general public, particularly the constituents of the 18th U.S. Congressional District of Texas.

Federal government documents are located on both the First Floor and Basement of the Law Library. Documents located in the Basement (Isle B1) are arranged on the shelves by Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) Classification Number. Click here for an explanation of the SuDoc classification scheme or consult the GDMD staff (Room B30 or librarian on duty at the Circulation/Information Desk).

First Floor

Isle 111	Statutes at Large
Isle 112	Statutes at Large House & Senate Journals United States Code
Isle 113	Code of Federal Regulations List of CFR Sections Affected Federal Register (only current year on shelf)
Isle 115	Treasury Department (Internal Revenue Service materials only) Internal Revenue Cumulative Bulletin
Isle 116	Internal Revenue Bulletin Tax Court of the United States Reports United States Board of Tax Appeals Reports Court of Claims Reports/U.S. Court of Claims Reports
Isle 117	Treasury Decisions
Isle 118	Treaties in Force United States Treaties and Other International Agreements United States Court of International Trade Reports Administrative Decisions under Immigration and Nationality Laws of the United States
Isle 135	United States Reports

Basement

Isle B1	Federal documents grouped by Bureau/Department
Isles B32 to B38	Federal Agency Decisions
Room B30	Federal documents in microform and electronic (CD-ROM) formats

Other non-depository government related documents are temporarily stored in microform cabinets adjacent to Isle B1 and Room B30. They consist of small to large microform sets which include the predecessors of the Congressional Record-the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), Register of Debates (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873). Treaty materials such as the Department of State Treaty Series (1927-1945), League of Nations Treaty Series (1920-1946), United Nations Treaty Series (1946-1974), and the United States Department of State Bulletin (1939-1981) are among these holdings. The microforms collection is further augmented with full sets of attorney general opinion and sessions laws for most states, CIS legislative microfiche collection (1970 - ), Supreme Court Records and Briefs (1935 - ), Statues-at-Large (1789-1976), selected 19th century appellate cases, legal periodicals and many others.

There are also three public access microform readers for viewing government documents in micro-formats. The Minolta MS 6000 digital Scanner/Printer located in the GDMD office (B30) is the main machine used to print microform.

Print Fee Schedule:
Fifteen cents($0.15) per exposure (laser print); and Twenty-five cents($0.25) per scan (PDF document)

Office Hours (Regular Semester):
Monday-Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday by appointment only
Sunday closed

Government Documents Librarian
(713) 313-1109

Services:
Information Literacy/Bibliographic Instruction
Computer-Assisted Research
Reference/Research Assistance